• Sludgeyy@lemmy.world
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    2 months ago

    In the US the standard safety temperature for the water heater is 120° F

    You don’t need it higher than that unless you have a small tank and use a lot of it. Tankless is 120°F.

    I don’t know where you got 70°C from.

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      2 months ago

      You said:

      When people keep their water tanks at 160°F

      That’s 70ºC and I’m agreeing that it is a ridiculously high temperature to keep a water tank at. That’s instant second degree burn temperatures, completely unsafe.